In an audience yesterday, Pope Leo XIV encouraged members of the Monsignor Courtney Fraternity in their charitable work. The foundation is named after Archbishop Michael Courtney (1945-2003), who was assassinated …
The chairmen of the US bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace and Committee for Religious Liberty called on the faithful to stand in solidarity with persecuted believers around the …
Addressing Polish-speaking pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square for yesterday’s general audience, Pope Leo XIV said, “Today we celebrate the liturgical memorial of St. John Paul II. Exactly 47 years ago, …
I was raised Catholic—the kind of Catholic who knew the smell of incense before the sound of morning cartoons. My father was (and still is) a farmer, my mother a …
(Image: Catherine Crawford / Unsplash.com) The American holiday calendar is surprisingly rich with Catholic traditions—St. Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, All Hallows Eve, Christmas, and Easter. All of them, however, …
Most of us who were alive during the 1970s will instantly recognize the piano intro to the Carpenters’ massive pop hit “(They Long to Be) Close to You,” written by …
Patriarch Raphaël Bédros XXI Minassian, the head of the Armenian Catholic Church (CNEWA profile), was the principal celebrant at a Mass of thanksgiving in St. Peter’s Basilica for the canonization …
Cardinal Dominique Joseph Mathieu, OFM Conv, of Tehran reflected on the significance of the dedication of a subway station to the Virgin Mary in Iran’s capital. “The interior of the …
St. Peter’s Basilica announced that 20 young adult apprentice artisans have begun their training, under the auspices of the School of Arts and Crafts of the Fabric of St. Peter. …
Cardinal George Jacob Koovakad, prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, and Paolo Ruffini, prefect of the Dicastery for Communication, spoke at a press conference on Portraits in Faith, a …
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